Well, if you're interested, here's the link to PALIN'S RESIGNATION from her post as governor. Many assume she's doing this to run for president in 2012... they asked the same of Pawlenty when he resigned, to which he said no, and yet we see him on the evening news programs every week. So we shall see.
But for now, this is a happy occasion. The culture wars have receded until such time as Americans are happy and prosperous and so have nothing better to think about than who should get married and what health care rights women should have access to. If you're interested, I took a particularly irksome portion of her press release and commented on it... check it out:
Some say things changed for me on August 29th last year – the day John McCain tapped me to be his running-mate – I say others changed. Let me speak to that for a minute. Political operatives descended on Alaska last August, digging for dirt. The ethics law I championed became their weapon of choice. Over the past nine months I've been accused of all sorts of frivolous ethics violations – such as holding a fish in a photograph, wearing a jacket with a logo on it, and answering reporters’ questions. Every one – all 15 of the ethics complaints have been dismissed. We’ve won! But it hasn't been cheap - the State has wasted thousands of hours of your time and shelled out some two million of your dollars to respond to “opposition research” – that’s money not going to fund teachers or troopers – or safer roads. And this political absurdity, the “politics of personal destruction” … Todd and I are looking at more than half a million dollars in legal bills in order to set the record straight. And what about the people who offer up these silly accusations? It doesn’t cost them a dime so they’re not going to stop draining public resources – spending other peoples’ money in their game.
DR: Let me stop you there governor. What you're saying is that it's wrong to use taxpayer funds to dig your way out of ethics investigations. And yet that's exactly what you've been doing this entire time. You know it too, which is why you cover it over by demonizing the probes and investigations. If only these sorts of things were retroactive, hum? *sigh* Why oh why do I search for wisdom in your words? Okay, continue...
It’s pretty insane – my staff and I spend most of our day dealing with this instead of progressing our state now. I know I promised no more “politics as usual,” but this isn’t what anyone had in mind for Alaska. If I have learned one thing: life is about choices! And one chooses how to react to circumstances. You can choose to engage in things that tear down, or build up. I choose to work very hard on a path for fruitfulness and productivity. I choose not to tear down and waste precious time; but to build up this state and our country, and her industrious, generous, patriotic, free people! Life is too short to compromise time and resources... it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: "Sit down and shut up", but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out. And a problem in our country today is apathy. It would be apathetic to just hunker down and “go with the flow”.
DR: No I'm sorry Sarah Palin, but YOURS is the quitter's way out. You see, there's a third option that's wholly other than going with the flow or quitting... it's working against the status quo, fighting the business as usual mentality in Washington, using modest power and trasparency to effect real change on behalf of Americans. All those great campaign slogans you can't seem to live up to.
Nah, only dead fish "go with the flow"... Productive, fulfilled people determine where to put their efforts, choosing to wisely utilize precious time... to build up. And there is such a need to build up and fight for our state and our country. I choose to fight for it! And I'll work hard for others who still believe in free enterprise and smaller government; strong national security for our country and support for our troops; energy independence; and for those who will protect freedom and equality and life... I'll work for and campaign for those proud to be American, and those who are inspired by our ideals and won't deride them. I will support others who seek to serve, in or out of office, for the right reasons, and I don't care what party they're in or no party at all. Inside Alaska – or Outside Alaska. But I won’t do it from the Governor’s desk. I've never believed that I, nor anyone else, needs a title to do this - to make a difference... to help people. So I choose, for my State and my family, more "freedom" to progress, all the way around... so that Alaska may progress... I will not seek re-election as Governor.
DR: Tah bitch!! Don't let the door hit ya where that secessionist party split ya! And if you even dream of running for the presidency in 2012, do the world a favor and crack open a book. No more fancy pageant walkin'.
But for now, this is a happy occasion. The culture wars have receded until such time as Americans are happy and prosperous and so have nothing better to think about than who should get married and what health care rights women should have access to. If you're interested, I took a particularly irksome portion of her press release and commented on it... check it out:
Some say things changed for me on August 29th last year – the day John McCain tapped me to be his running-mate – I say others changed. Let me speak to that for a minute. Political operatives descended on Alaska last August, digging for dirt. The ethics law I championed became their weapon of choice. Over the past nine months I've been accused of all sorts of frivolous ethics violations – such as holding a fish in a photograph, wearing a jacket with a logo on it, and answering reporters’ questions. Every one – all 15 of the ethics complaints have been dismissed. We’ve won! But it hasn't been cheap - the State has wasted thousands of hours of your time and shelled out some two million of your dollars to respond to “opposition research” – that’s money not going to fund teachers or troopers – or safer roads. And this political absurdity, the “politics of personal destruction” … Todd and I are looking at more than half a million dollars in legal bills in order to set the record straight. And what about the people who offer up these silly accusations? It doesn’t cost them a dime so they’re not going to stop draining public resources – spending other peoples’ money in their game.
DR: Let me stop you there governor. What you're saying is that it's wrong to use taxpayer funds to dig your way out of ethics investigations. And yet that's exactly what you've been doing this entire time. You know it too, which is why you cover it over by demonizing the probes and investigations. If only these sorts of things were retroactive, hum? *sigh* Why oh why do I search for wisdom in your words? Okay, continue...
It’s pretty insane – my staff and I spend most of our day dealing with this instead of progressing our state now. I know I promised no more “politics as usual,” but this isn’t what anyone had in mind for Alaska. If I have learned one thing: life is about choices! And one chooses how to react to circumstances. You can choose to engage in things that tear down, or build up. I choose to work very hard on a path for fruitfulness and productivity. I choose not to tear down and waste precious time; but to build up this state and our country, and her industrious, generous, patriotic, free people! Life is too short to compromise time and resources... it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: "Sit down and shut up", but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out. And a problem in our country today is apathy. It would be apathetic to just hunker down and “go with the flow”.
DR: No I'm sorry Sarah Palin, but YOURS is the quitter's way out. You see, there's a third option that's wholly other than going with the flow or quitting... it's working against the status quo, fighting the business as usual mentality in Washington, using modest power and trasparency to effect real change on behalf of Americans. All those great campaign slogans you can't seem to live up to.
Nah, only dead fish "go with the flow"... Productive, fulfilled people determine where to put their efforts, choosing to wisely utilize precious time... to build up. And there is such a need to build up and fight for our state and our country. I choose to fight for it! And I'll work hard for others who still believe in free enterprise and smaller government; strong national security for our country and support for our troops; energy independence; and for those who will protect freedom and equality and life... I'll work for and campaign for those proud to be American, and those who are inspired by our ideals and won't deride them. I will support others who seek to serve, in or out of office, for the right reasons, and I don't care what party they're in or no party at all. Inside Alaska – or Outside Alaska. But I won’t do it from the Governor’s desk. I've never believed that I, nor anyone else, needs a title to do this - to make a difference... to help people. So I choose, for my State and my family, more "freedom" to progress, all the way around... so that Alaska may progress... I will not seek re-election as Governor.
DR: Tah bitch!! Don't let the door hit ya where that secessionist party split ya! And if you even dream of running for the presidency in 2012, do the world a favor and crack open a book. No more fancy pageant walkin'.
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